I wanted to have a costume that was homemade and amazing but also functional. So when I decided to become a unicorn, I wanted to make sure I could detach the legs. I used pool noodles for the legs, wrapped them in fabric and pinned it (no sewing) attached the legs to a card board … Read more
I wanted to make a medusa costume that would stand out and wouldn’t make me look awkwardly bald like so many of the fake snake hair wigs do. I started out with a bag of 150 plastic snakes and set about attaching them to 5 black headbands that would be connected to create a sort … Read more
This New Years Eve a group of my friends wanted to go out as the Spartan Gods from the film Immortals. As the film hadn’t been out very long they couldn’t find anything suitable at any costume shops so they came to me. Having made one of them a King Leonidas outfit when 300 came … Read more
These costumes were sooo easy to make and we got so many compliments, it was sooo worth it! I simply bought white fabric (you can use old white linen) for each one of us. For my younger daughter I folded the fabric in half, cut a hole for the head and glued gold fabric I … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for three teenagers. This costume is made entirely from Dollar store and Thrift store finds and hand sewn and hot glued. Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. Her crown is made from a headband and a piece of plastic that I cut … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of love. Her crown is made from the face shield of a Dollar store helmet. It is attached to a headband and glued with fake pearls and jewels. The white dress is from the Thrift store and has six yards … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of war and wisdom. She wears a white dress and red Indian blouse from the thrift store. Her armor is all from the Dollar store that I painted and glued jewels to. Athena also cut the head from Medusa to … Read more
My husband and I had a really hard time thinking up a costume last year, but we decided at the last minute to be a Greek God and Goddess. We went to WalMart and bought white sheets, leaves from the floral section, and gold rope from the craft section. When we got home, we cut … Read more
I originally wanted to be a Faun but didn’t have enough fabric for it so I made the bottoms for my daughter and it’s still a bit short, but hey, who’s paying attention it looks totally cool I think. Cut a training bra for the ears, makeup sponges for the horns, my heels covered in … Read more
Inspired by different movies and books comes alive my dream of being a “Centaur”. This 2010 Halloween was completely different, instead of buying a costume, I made a Homemade Centaur Halloween Costume. It took me two whole weeks and less than $100. With the help of my sister, we went and bought wood at a … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween and have never ever bought a costume in my life, and never will! I take on each new costume as an art project, and pride myself on being original. I don’t have a lot of money either, and this entire Homemade Amphitrite Greek Goddess Costume cost me under $100. … Read more
I decided to be Medusa sometime around June (yes I start planning that early). I knew I wanted a full head of snakes, not just a few intertwined in my hair. If the “hair” wasn’t right, the costume would have failed. It took a lot of patience and ingenuity, but I finally figured out a … Read more